Jacksons' Gap vs Our Town

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksons' Gap and Our Town: population, income, housing, and more.

Jacksons' Gap and Our Town are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Our Town has the higher population (596 vs 554 in Jacksons' Gap). Our Town has the higher median household income ($63,333 vs $31,667 in Jacksons' Gap). Since 2019, Our Town's population has grown faster (-13.4% vs -20.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
Population	554	596
Median age	43.6 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,667	$63,333
Median home value	$108,700	—
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	318	392
Homeownership rate	79.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
Population	698 → 554 (-20.6%)	688 → 596 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $31,667 (-41.1%)	$62,019 → $63,333 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $108,700 (+43.0%)	$100,600 → $115,700 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $775 (+2.8%)	—

Jacksons' Gap

Population

698554

Median household income

$53,750$31,667

Median home value

$76,000$108,700

Median gross rent

$754$775

Our Town

Population

688596

Median household income

$62,019$63,333

Median home value

$100,600$115,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
Under 5	2.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	20.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	27.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	5.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.6%
75 and over	11.0%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	73.7%
Black or African American	20.4%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
No high school diploma	27.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
Drove alone	88.2%	90.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	9.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
1-unit, detached	70.4%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Jacksons' Gap	Our Town
Poverty rate	15.7%	24.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1982	1985